NOUN | plant | Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress | a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers |
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Meaning | A small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described. | |
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Synonym | mouse-ear cress | |
Broader | cress, cress plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
Catalan | arabidopsis thaliana |
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